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October 25th, 2014: 5 Card Stud (1968)

Oct25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film, Revenge, Western, Whodunnit Tagged before they were famous, card game, church bell, Dean Martin, Hal B. Wallis, hanging, Henry Hathaway, John Anderson, lynching, Maurice Jarre, Mommy issues, musical interlude, Paramount Pictures, poker, reverend, Robert Mitchum, Roy Jenson, vigilantes, Whit Bissell, Yaphet Kotto

Ministry of Vengeance

Mar2 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Espionage, Full Reviews, Independent, Revenge, Reviews, So-Bad-It's-Good, Thriller Tagged "I'm Done Fighting", airport, attempted rape, cash-in, child death, Concorde Pictures, double cross, flashback, George Kennedy, hard ass seargant, hostage, Italy, James Tolkan, John Schneider, last stand, Lebanon, low-budget, Middle East, military training, minister, Ned Beatty, post traumatic stress disorder, pushed too far, Rome, terrorists, the declining years, torture, training sequence, TV actors, twist, under siege, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans, Yaphet Kotto

December 28th, 2012: Truck Turner (1974)

Dec28 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, Movie of the Day Tagged AIP, Alan Weeks, bounty hunters, brothel, cash-in, Charles Cyphers, dead partner, Dick Miller, Drive-In, Fred Weintraub, grindhouse, hit man, Isaac Hayes, Jonathan Kaplan, madame, Nichelle Nichols, party, Paul Harris, pimp, prostitutes, revenge, Sam Laws, Scatman Crothers, Stan Shaw, the declining years, Yaphet Kotto

November 15th, 2012: Monkey Hu$tle

Nov15 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Coming of Age, Con, Crime, Movie of the Day, Slapstick Tagged "Save the Old X", AIP, apprentice/mentor relationship, Arthur Marks, cash-in, character study, con artist, double cross, low-budget, mobsters, musical interlude, real estate scam, rip-off, Rosalind Cash, Rudy Ray Moore, scam, teens, Yaphet Kotto

October 8th, 2012: Alien (1979)

Oct8 by David Cole

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1 Comment Posted in Aliens, Animals Attack, Body Snatchers, Dark Future, Horror, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Visual Effects, Dan O'Bannon, Harry Dean Stanton, Ian Holm, Jerry Goldsmith, John Hurt, Ridley Scott, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto

November 15th, 2011: Across 110th Street

Nov15 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Chase, Cops, Crime, Heist, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged Anthony Franciosa, Anthony Quinn, Antonio Fargas, Barry Shear, Bobby Womack, brothel, Burt Young, corrupt cops, funk soundtrack, Gloria Hendry, Harlem, J.J. Johnson, location shooting, Luther Davis, Mafia, mobsters, New York City, Paul Benjamin, prostitutes, racism, racists, Richard Ward, United Artists, Wally Ferris, Yaphet Kotto

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